Help for Bandwidth allotment

[ABrady]

On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 01:03:44 -0500
ABrady <xunil at kc.rr.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 05:52:57 +0000
> KSHITIZ SAXENA <hikshitizsaxena at rediffmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Hi!
> > I am head of computer science department in a private engineering 
> > college in Meerut,INDIA offering B-Tech courses. We have internet 
> > connection through VSAT. As of date the internet connection is 
> > available to all and the result :  though we have a 256 KBps 
> > dedicated connection yet the speed does down considerably as users 
> > start downloading or opening multiple pages! I want to allocate 
> > bandwidth to all users, deny services, and monitor bandwidth 
> > consumed by each user. Is there a way to get this done in LINUX 
> > RedHat 9 ?
> >   If yes then please HELP!!
> > 
> > Kshitiz Saxena
> 
> This might or might not do what you need, but it can help you control
> it, it claims:
> 
> http://www.bandwidtharbitrator.com/
> 
> I've never used it, but I've seen it on Freshmeat several times.

I forgot about this one, too. It's a little more work, but it's free.
And it might be more flexible, too.

http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-HOWTO/Bandwidth-Limiting-HOWTO.html

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